Nancy Guthrie, 84, (mother of TODAY Show host Savannah Guthrie) missing - last seen in the Catalina foothills area on Jan 31, 2026

Sakura2Sophia4Lucia said:

LE was just now able to get this video. Believe they would have released it if they had it earlier. While family may not have been involved, it's still possible that this guy was hired or was part of a

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clearskies1 said:

Person appears to be left handed?

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The gun in his holster is placed for a right hand person.

Justice101 said:

Someone knows this person!

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It's really hard to tell. The persons face is possibly completely obscured by masks and maybe doctored up around the mouth. I think height, weight, articles of clothing, posture would be clues.

I don’t have time to catch up, but here is the BBC UK article if not already posted.

He's looking down to avoid the camera filming his face as he walks up or to find something to obscure the camera IMO. Its a very intentional movement. His attempt to cover his face and shining a torch to distort the recording when interfering with the camera was not so successful, including with the plant and his hand. The torch may also have been simply to see what he was doing with the camera

Cloudydiamond said:

Are those are glasses with a colored frame on top? Explains why people said it was a female, and also the glare from the lenses
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Yes. I see frames not eyebrows

So I'm still running through a few parts slowly, I was able to get a semi-enhanced version of the gun, shoes, flashlight.

Am virtually certain this was intentional and professionally done. Probably a hire. No impulsive amateur is going to prepare this meticulously, act this slow and methodical, and when he saw the camera, remain steadfast and onward. No anxiety. No fear. No heightened sensory alerts or unstable reactions. Just "Oh, a camera. Better address that". Ho hum. He was at the house in which he was supposed to be.

And to further discussion - what was in that full backpack? Clearly came prepared and intentional. Tools to incapacitate? Cleanup? ID verification equipment? Communications equipment? Ransom note?

JMO.

samaor said:

Yes, I feel like the eyes look very feminine too.

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I got feminine vibes too. I can see the shape of a large bust (on the front torso area)? Or is that padding etc?

MassGuy said:

Not sure. Just using this to summarize what I see.

Plucked eyebrows. Mustache or goatee.

Appears to be on the shorter side. May be left handed, if that’s a weapon on his left side.

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It looks like he's holding the plants up to cover the camera and using his left hand, but it could be that simultaneously he is using his right hand to work on the removal of the doorbell. So I do wonder about his handedness given the location of the weapon.

Chrissymick said:

Did the perpetrator come in through the front door? It appears that he at least tried. But if he made it in that way, why disable the floodlights in the back? And when did he do that?

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From all the photos we’ve seen of the front door prior to today it doesn’t appear to me that the front door was broken into? Did NG answer the door? I’ll be curious if we ever find out suspect accessed entry through another door into the home OR conveniently had a key. I don’t think NG answered that door.

LAhiker said:

He looks stiff when he reaches down to get the flowers. He doesn't bend over from the waist. Instead, he bends his front leg and balances himself by putting his other leg behind him. As some have noted, that could be due to the gun at his crotch. (If I were a dude, I wouldn't holster a gun at my crotch. Just sayin'.)

But the way he bends down is also like someone with lower back pain. Also, unless I'm mistaken, he appears to be trying to pad around quietly.

JMO

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Or he/she has on layers of clothing.

Ok, I didn’t expect to come back here and find these terrifying new images. I guess I will post my theory anyway. It’s pretty basic. This is MOO.

IMO, I have felt since the beginning that the person who took Nancy was known to her. I believe they did some kind of work for her. She may or may not remember them at first glance, but they never forgot her.

My first thought was that this was carried out by a caregiver who was let go in the past few years or so, due to insufficient performance, personality conflict, or worse. Does Nancy even have a caregiver? I have an 89 year old family member who doesn’t have a caregiver, has her own home, but has a cane, still drives locally, and has an active social life.

If it was a caregiver, IMO she carried this out with the help of one or two males - (husband, family member, friend). This scenario also applies to housekeepers and others who did some sort of work for Nancy - landscapers, pool care, handy men, roofers, electricians, etc.

If Nancy liked paying workers by check, like many seniors do, IMO LE will have to look into what workers/businesses Nancy paid in the past few years through her bank statements and check book, which they are probably already doing.

Do any of Nancy’s friends/family remember Nancy complaining about a worker or business or even a neighbor, that she was not happy with, or had a confrontation with, or a worker who gave her the creeps? IMO this was an act of revenge. The big payback.
IMO LE might need to dig further back than the past six months, because grudge holders can sometimes be very patient people.

IMO, this person, grew to greatly resent Nancy over some perceived unfairness. Were they let go at a bad time of year? Was their work shoddy and did that became an issue?

IMO this act was not done for ransom. IMO the ransom notes were created by opportunists and they are all fake.

IMO this has nothing to do with SG’s celebrity. This was done by a person who holds a grudge over Nancy over some conflict. They were hateful and jealous of the good, comfortable life that Nancy has and were determined to take that away from her.
My theory. My opinion only. Thanks for reading.

CNN has stopped calling the person HE, rather going with they. It could be a female. Is the person wearing glasses? I think so.

I can’t believe someone would go ahead with this plot knowing there is a camera present.

submarine7 said:

Tape on mouth

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She's an older woman with health issues. Covering the mouth might've not have been manageable. I guess it's more likely she wasn't moving under her own power sadly.

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SlimPickens said:

Also, I hesitate to say this due to all the mass hysteria and conspiracy theories surrounding it, but he suggested that it could be related to the recent release of the Epstein files and SG's purported penchant for interviewing victims.

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If true, he may have been hired as a hitman by someone implicated in those files?

birdbox said:

Comes in on robber. Oh crap she knows me, im her maids son she's met before. Binds her up while he thinks what to do. After 3-4 hours comes up with ransom plan. Takes her with him?? Far fetched. Yeah. Its all i got today. Lol.

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Home invasion not so far fetched to me. Imo